Mayor Adams holds end-of-administration news conference, buries time capsule at City Hall
NEW YORK (WABC) -- As his time in public office winds down, New York City Mayor Eric Adams held his end-of-administration news conference on Tuesday.
Adams delivered the end-of-term update alongside city officials at the City Hall Rotunda. He stepped up to the microphone to what has become his signature entrance music: a Jay-Z track with his own voice laced into the lyrics.
During the news conference, Adams highlighted initiatives created to support working-class New Yorkers during his mayoral administration.
"Every quarter, we dropped crime. Every quarter we built more housing. Every quarter we improved our reading and test scores. Every quarter, we saw a different initative rolled out. We didn't stop," Adams said.
The mayor staying true to brand Tuesday, acknowledging his critics but defiant.
"New York city employees had different views on me. Some gave me the thumbs up and some gave me other fingers, but they did the job. That's all you ask. This is not a popularity contest," Adams said.
The mayor then buried a time capsule to commemorate his administration's work. Senior leaders within the Adams administration were told to select items of importance that signify their agency's work on behalf New Yorkers.
Chief of Staff Camille Joseph Varlack says one of the items placed in the capsule included an ID card given to migrants that have entered the city.
"When a migrant enters city care they are issued a humanitarian emergency response and relief center identification card," Varlack said.
"It features the Roosevelt hotel. A place that came to symbolize New York city's response to the asylum seeker crisis."
But what if New Yorkers could contribute to the time capsule?
"Turkish Airlines tickets, something like that," resident Cameron Sherman said.
Another resident told Eyewitness News they would put a loaf of bread.
The items were buried on Park Row, just outside of City Hall's entrance. The time capsule will be opened in ten years, the mayor said.
This appears to be the first time a mayoral administration has done a time capsule.
Meanwhile, Adams is traveling to Mexico City on Tuesday night. It will be his fourth trip overseas since October.
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